Announcing the 2018 Fed 100 Award winners
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Congratulations to all the women and men being honored for their outstanding contributions to federal IT.
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Hundreds of nominations were submitted, and our panel of judges spent countless hours reading about and then debating the candidates. The result? A list of 100 women and men that should make even the most hardened skeptics optimistic about what's possible in federal IT.
While transition years are always a bit bumpy -- and 2017 had more churn than most -- federal IT saw very little of the stasis and standoffs that were common elsewhere in government. This list of winners, and the accomplishments they drove on so many different fronts, is a testament to the talent and dedication of IT leaders throughout both government and industry.
In a few weeks you'll have the chance to learn more about each of these individuals -- via the profiles we will publish in the March/April issue of FCW and on FCW.com, and in person at the March 22 Fed 100 gala. For now, though, you'll have to make do with the list of names, which you can find below.
Congratulations to each and every one of the 2018 Federal 100:
- Col. Terrence A. Adams
Director of Communications and CIO, Air Mobility Command
U.S. Air Force - Austin Agrella
Legislative Director
Office of Rep. Will Hurd - Jack Albright
Associate CIO for IT Shared Services
Department of Transportation - Kirit M. Amin
CIO
International Trade Commission - Lee Ann Anderson
Vice President, Civilian Sales
Unisys Federal - Jose L. Arrieta
Director, Schedule 70 Operations
General Services Administration - Vera Ashworth
Vice President
CGI Federal - Marianne Bailey
Principal Director, Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity
Department of Defense - Matthew R. Bailey
Digital Services Expert and Acting Unit Chief, Office of the Federal CIO
Office of Management and Budget - Judith Baltensperger
Project Manager
Department of Homeland Security - Tony Bardo
Assistant Vice President, Government Solutions
Hughes - Jack Bates
Director, Business Intelligence Service Line
Department of Veterans Affairs - David B. Bennett
Director Of Operations and CIO
Defense Information Systems Agency - Maj. Tom Bereknyei
Lead Engineer
Defense Digital Service - Diane L. Brewer
Program Manager, MilitaryChildCare.com, Commander Naval Installations Command
Department of the Navy - Vernon Joseph Broadwater
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Space Group
Vencore - Col. Jacqueline (Denise) D. Brown
Chief, Network Plans and Governance Division, CIO / G-6
Department of the Army - Sean Casey
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of American Innovation
Office of Management and Budget - Byron Caswell
Strategic Advisor, Innovation & Technology
Regent Solutions - Guy Cavallo
Deputy CIO
Small Business Administration - Joanne Collins-Smee
Deputy Commissioner and Director of Office of American Innovation Centers of Excellence Projects, Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration - Cheri G. Couchis
Assistant Program Manager, Personnel Modernization, Sea Warrior Program (PMW 240), Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems
Department of the Navy - Kevin Cox
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Manager
Department of Homeland Security - Glenn Davidson
Executive Director of Enterprise Services
Department of Commerce - Donna Dodson
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Michael J. Duffy
Branch Chief, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
Department of Homeland Security - Alan Evans
Principal Deputy Comptroller
Department of State - Joshua M. Franklin
IT Security Engineer, Applied Cybersecurity Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Adrian Gardner
CIO
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Vice Adm. Michael M. Gilday
U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command & U.S. Tenth Fleet
U.S. Navy - William R. Graves
Chief Engineer, DOD Biometrics
Department of Defense - Donald Hall
Government Solutions Director
OnSolve - Dan Helfrich
Federal Government Services Leader
Deloitte - Capt. Damen O. Hofheinz
Branch Head, OPNAV N2N6G5 Cyber Resiliency
Department of the Navy - Karina L. Homme
Senior Director, Azure Government
Microsoft - Rep. Will Hurd
U.S. House of Representatives - Tim Hurlebaus
President
CGI Federal - Kamal T. Jabbour
Senior Scientist Information Assurance, Air Force Research Labs
Department of the Air Force - Frank T. Jones
Deputy Director, Spectrum Policy & International Engagements, Office of the CIO
Department of Defense - Rob Joyce
White House Cyber Coordinator
National Security Council - Kay Kapoor
Former President
AT&T Global Government Services - Casey Kelley
Director, Customer Engagement Division, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration - Trey Kennedy
Advisor, Federal CIO Council
General Services Administration - Yogesh Khanna
Senior Vice President and CTO
CSRA - Robert C. King
Director, Systems & Information Integration, Management Directorate
Department of Homeland Security - Joseph F. Klimavicz
CIO
Department of Justice - Roger Krone
Chairman and CEO
Leidos - Tanya W. Lambert
Deputy, AF Program Executive Officer for C3I & Networks
Department of the Air Force - Evan Lee
Chief Technology Officer and Director of Digital Services, Office of Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services - Naomi Lefkovitz
Senior Privacy Policy Advisor
National Institute of Standards and Technology - Chris Liddell
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Office of American Innovation - Greg B. Little
Team Lead, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Department of Defense - Michael Maiorana
Senior Vice President, Public Sector Markets
Verizon Enterprise Solutions - Kevin McAleenan
Acting Commissioner
Customs and Border Protection - Sandra McGill
Director Enterprise IT Portfolio Office
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Conor McGrath
Legislative Assistant
Office of Sen. Jerry Moran - Brett McMillen
Senior Manager, U.S. Federal, Civilian
Amazon Web Services - Col. James (Darby) F. McNulty
Project Manager, Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army, Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems
U.S. Army - Mitzi I. Mead
CEO
Accela Consulting - John Mengucci
Chief Operating Officer
CACI - Meagan Metzger
CEO & Founder
Dcode - Vicki D. Michetti
Director Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Program
Department of Defense - Steven R. Muck
Director, Privacy and Information Sharing, Office of the CIO
Department of the Navy - Mamta Patel Nagaraja
Science Engagement, Science Communications
NASA - Brig. Gen. (retired) Kevin J. Nally
CIO
U.S. Secret Service - Vicky Niblett
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Integrated Award Environment, Office of Systems Management, Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration - Adelaide O'Brien
Research Director, Government Digital Transformation Strategies
IDC Government Insights - Col. Joseph A. Papenfus
Chief, Current Operations, CIO/G6
Department of the Army - Scott Pawlowski
Chief of Cultural and Natural Resources
National Park Service - Jim Piché
Sector Director, FEDSIM
General Services Administration - Hildi Pineda
Chief Growth Officer
AbleVets LLC - Michael Powers
IT Security Manager
NASA - Tom Ragland
Business Development Executive
Dell EMC Federal - Trent F. Randall
Senior Solutions Architect
Department of the Interior - Alfred Rivera
Director, Development and Business Center
Defense Information Systems Agency - Will Roper
Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense - Kris Rowley
Chief Data Officer, Office of the CIO
General Services Administration - Col. William M. Russell
Project Manager, General Fund Enterprise Business System
U.S. Army - Paul Saladna
Enterprise Architect
NTT Data - Alvin Salehi
Senior Technology Advisor, The White House
Office of Management and Budget - Craig P. Schaefer
Program Manager, DOD Healthcare Management System Modernization
Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems - Brian Scott
Assistant Director for Strategic Integration, Strategy, Policy, and Plans, National Protection and Programs Directorate
Department of Homeland Security - Raj Shah
Managing Partner, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense - Matthew B. Shallbetter
Director of Security Design and Innovation
Department of Health and Human Services - Cynthia Shelton
Senior Director for Special Program Sales
CenturyLink - Todd Simpson
CIO
Food and Drug Administration - Vincent N. Sritapan
Division Mobile Security Program Manager, Science & Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security - Gary E. Stevens
Director, Cybersecurity Strategy
Department of Veterans Affairs - Tom Suder
Founder & President
Advanced Technology Academic Research Center - Robin P. Swan
Deputy Director, Office of Business Transformation
Department of the Army - Kyle Tuberson
Vice President
ICF - David A. Vargas
Director, Human Resources Line of Business (HRLOB)
Office of Personnel Management - John P. Wagner
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations
Customs and Border Protection - Dave C. Wajsgras
President, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services
Raytheon - James (Jim) Walker
Shared Services Portfolio Manager, NASA Shared Services Center
NASA - Gary Washington
Deputy CIO and Acting CIO
Department of Agriculture - Susan Wedge
Vice President, Public Service Digital and Cognitive Leader
IBM Services - Dorsy Yoffie
Deputy Director, Unified Shared Services Management
General Services Administration - Aleksandar Zelenovic
Strategy and Consulting Lead, Public Sector
Sapient Consulting - Bill Zielinski
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Information Technology Category, Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration
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